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Kim McLeod, the Best Ideas for Kids: Tackling the messy side of crafts
Kim McLeod is the creator behind The Best Ideas for Kids where she shares craft ideas for kids of all ages. She lives outside of Toronto with her husband and 2 kids. She has a passion for creating and sharing kids craft projects. She loves to create projects that are easy, and she incorporates recycled materials as much as she can. She is also known for her handprint cards and crafts.
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Key takeaways
- Set of 8 holiday kits available at Michael’s packaged with almost everything you need so no prep time (2:21)
- Why Kim won’t use water beads: They are created to absorb water and can continue to expand if ingested and cause blockages in an intestine. If they get in your pipes they can block your pipes too (11:24)
- How to remove sticker residue: using soapy water to loosen the label/sticker and then you should be able to use your hands to get most the paper off. Use Goo Gone for the adhesive part (14:50)
- How to get slime out of anything: Vinegar. It will get slime out of hair, clothes, carpet, etc. Mix with a bit of soapy water, spray it on and rub it with a rag. Slime is made up primarily of glue, which is the hardest part to get out and the vinegar almost dissolves it (18:49)
- Crayon on the wall, floor or furniture: use a hairdryer to melt the wax in the crayon and then wipe clean. She has also had some luck with Windex (23:26)
- Cleaning up Oobleck: Let it sit out for a day to completely harden and then it breaks into chunky pieces. You don’t want to put it down your drain because it goes between a liquid and solid and when it dries, it dries hard so it can clog your drain (25:27)
- Glitter: Vacuum is the best way to go. To avoid loose glitter, try using glitter paper or glitter glue. Eco-friendly glitter is now available too (28:15)
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Thank you to ChildLife Essentials for sponsoring this episode! ChildLife Essentials has been a trusted children's supplements brand for over 20 years. Now available on amazon.com/childlife
Follow Kim on Instagram or her website
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Thanks for listening! Please rate the show and leave a review if you liked what you heard and make sure to subscribe on Amazon Music, iHeartRADIO, iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or TuneIn!
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By Jessica & MeganKim McLeod is the creator behind The Best Ideas for Kids where she shares craft ideas for kids of all ages. She lives outside of Toronto with her husband and 2 kids. She has a passion for creating and sharing kids craft projects. She loves to create projects that are easy, and she incorporates recycled materials as much as she can. She is also known for her handprint cards and crafts.
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Key takeaways
- Set of 8 holiday kits available at Michael’s packaged with almost everything you need so no prep time (2:21)
- Why Kim won’t use water beads: They are created to absorb water and can continue to expand if ingested and cause blockages in an intestine. If they get in your pipes they can block your pipes too (11:24)
- How to remove sticker residue: using soapy water to loosen the label/sticker and then you should be able to use your hands to get most the paper off. Use Goo Gone for the adhesive part (14:50)
- How to get slime out of anything: Vinegar. It will get slime out of hair, clothes, carpet, etc. Mix with a bit of soapy water, spray it on and rub it with a rag. Slime is made up primarily of glue, which is the hardest part to get out and the vinegar almost dissolves it (18:49)
- Crayon on the wall, floor or furniture: use a hairdryer to melt the wax in the crayon and then wipe clean. She has also had some luck with Windex (23:26)
- Cleaning up Oobleck: Let it sit out for a day to completely harden and then it breaks into chunky pieces. You don’t want to put it down your drain because it goes between a liquid and solid and when it dries, it dries hard so it can clog your drain (25:27)
- Glitter: Vacuum is the best way to go. To avoid loose glitter, try using glitter paper or glitter glue. Eco-friendly glitter is now available too (28:15)
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Thank you to ChildLife Essentials for sponsoring this episode! ChildLife Essentials has been a trusted children's supplements brand for over 20 years. Now available on amazon.com/childlife
Follow Kim on Instagram or her website
Follow Mommin’ Podcast on Instagram
Thanks for listening! Please rate the show and leave a review if you liked what you heard and make sure to subscribe on Amazon Music, iHeartRADIO, iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or TuneIn!